Data on Early Childhood from NCES: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies and the National Household Education Surveys Program

• In Event: Child development data for secondary analysis from the Departments of Education & Health and Human Services

Abstract

The second presentation provides information about three studies conducted by NCES. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) is a nationally representative longitudinal study of children born in 2001. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K); the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011); and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) are all nationally representative longitudinal studies of children who were in kindergarten in a targeted school year. The ECLS studies provide data collected from children, their parents, school staff, and care providers that enable researchers to analyze how a wide range of characteristics relate to children’s development and to their experiences and success in school. Finally, the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) is a series of repeated cross-sectional surveys that focus on different populations of children. In 2019 the NHES fielded its Early Childhood Program Participation survey and its Parent and Family Involvement in Education survey.

Author

• Jill Carlivati McCarroll, U.S. Department of Education
  Presenting Author